"My work comes from deep within my heart and mind\, from my su
bconscious. It’s very intuitive and I usually don’t know what a piece is ab
out until I am well into it\, but most often\, not until I have finished wi
th it. My artwork is an essential and intensely personal part of my life. I
t explores and expresses the inner workings of my heart\, mind and spirit i
n a way that words cannot express. I hope that when people see it\, it will
resonate with them on some level\, be it intellectual\, emotional or spiri
tual."

Kate Carvellas is a self-taught collage and mixed
media artist living in Pasadena\, California. Born in Baton Rouge\, Louisia
na\, in 1963\, she spent her childhood in Mountainside\, New Jersey and her
teen and college years in Northern Virginia. She moved to Pasadena in 1992
. Art has always been an interest of hers for as long as she can remember…<
br /> … Kate’s pieces also reflect repeated juxtapositions and contr
adictions. Either way\, there is a coming together of these seemingly unrel
ated parts\, and they create a whole\, and in it somewhere\, a story is tol
d\, and a truth is discovered…

...Kate’s work also has many e
lements of Surrealism\, in that she often puts together objects that result
in unexpected juxtapositions that create tension an element of surprise be
cause they initially just don’t seem to make sense. Whether it suggests a n
ightmare or just reveals a vivid imagination\, Kate admits that her subcons
cious mind is busy trying to express buried truths…

…expressin
g herself artistically is both a deep need as well as an experimental outle
t that allows her to go beyond “the real” and explore “the unseen” to bette
r understand those things that defy common sense. In this way\, one could s
ay the Hegelian dialectic comes into play\, as she makes a discovery\, reac
ts to it and seeks to resolve the tension by overcoming the negatives and g
oing beyond her normal limits\, and preserving the useful portions of the d
iscovery. It is in the contradictions that arise within each progressive st
age of discovery that alienation arises and must be worked out so unity and
integration\, and therefore a balance can be found. ---Bernice Mascher

This exhibit is sponsored in part by the following: Julie Montenegro
State Farm Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council Tarnish
ed Scorpio Fractured Atlas Uprinting.com

The H
aggus Society is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas\, a non-profit arts
service organization. Contributions for the purposes of the Haggus Society
must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax deductible to the exte
nt permitted by law.